24.8.09

Factitious Image

Factitious Image
[pt] “A imaginação material une a água à terra; une a água ao seu contrário o fogo; une a terra e o fogo; vê às vezes no vapor e nas brumas a união do ar e da água. Mas nunca, em nenhuma imagem natural, não se vê realizar-se a tripla união material da água, da terra e do fogo. A fortiori, nenhuma imagem pode receber os quatro elementos. Tal acumulação seria uma contradição insuportável para uma imaginação dos elementos, para esta imaginação material que tem sempre a necessidade de eleger uma matéria e de guardar-lhe um privilégio em todas as combinações. Se uma união ternária aparece, pode ter certeza que trata-se apenas de uma imagem factícia, apenas de uma imagem feita com ideias. As verdadeiras imagens, as imagens do sonhar, são unitárias ou binárias. Podem sonhar na monotonia de uma substância. Se desejam uma combinação, é uma combinação de dois elementos.”

Gaston Bachelard – A Água e os Sonhos

[en] “Material imagination connects water and earth; it connects water and its opposite, fire; it connects earth and fire; it sees sometimes in the vapor and the fogs the union of air and water. But, in any natural image, one never sees realized the triple material union of water, earth and fire. A fortiori, no image can receive the four elements. Such an accumulation would be an unbearable contradiction for an imagination of the elements, this material imagination which always needs to elect a matter and to keep to it a privilege in all the combinations. If a ternary union appears, one can be sure that it can only be a factitious image, an image made with ideas. The true images, the images of revery, are unitaries or binaries. They can dream in the monotony of a substance. If they wish a combination, it is a combination of two elements.”
Gaston Bachelard – Water and Dreams

[fr] « L’imagination matérielle unit l’eau à la terre ; elle unit l’eau à son contraire le feu ; elle unit la terre et le feu ; elle voit parfois dans la vapeur et les brumes l’union de l’air et de l’eau. Mais jamais, dans aucune image naturelle, on ne voit se réaliser la triple union matérielle de l’eau, de la terre et du feu. A fortiori, aucune image ne peut recevoir les quatre éléments. Une telle accumulation serait une contradiction insupportable pour une imagination des éléments, pour cette imagination matérielle qui a toujours besoin d’élire une matière et de lui garder dans toutes les combinaisons un privilège. Si une union ternaire apparaît, on peut être sûr qu’il ne s’agit que d’une image factice, que d’une image faite avec des idées. Les véritables images, les images de la rêverie, sont unitaires ou binaires. Elles peuvent rêver dans la monotonie d’une substance. Si elles désirent une combinaison, c’est une combinaison de deux éléments. »
Gaston Bachelard – L’Eau et les rêves

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24 commentaires:

  1. il est amusant, le reflet des fils électriques dans l'eau. Bien vu.

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  2. factitious or not: looks great

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  3. very nice shot, i like how the reflection looks.. :)

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  4. High above & down below. Great picture that is so damn stripped down but shows the whole wide world somehow. Great composition! Be sure I love your reflections. They are brilliant. Thanks for this beauty. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.

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  5. You created a beautiful image. I like how it makes the viewer look and look again to fully understand. Nice one.

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  6. Excellent point of view, reflections and composition!

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  7. Très créatif. Original et très beau.
    La composition est asticieuse.
    Vraiment, j'aime beaucoup.

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  8. Excellent image, it takes a moment for the brain to realise we are not looking up into the sky, really great work on this!

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  9. interesting shot. i like the diagonal lines.

    faisal from friskypics.com

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  10. I like the commentary given here about doing natural images. the way you've presented this is great too, love the details.

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  11. i like that the sky seems to be disrupted by raindrops; a nice reflective shot.

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  12. Took me some time to understand your image... great encounter of water and sky !

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  13. It must be a theme going on today, I see a lot of reflection photos. Very nice work non the less.

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  14. où va-t-on chercher les bonnes idées de photo? Incroyable. Du papier à musique ce reflet..belle utilisation de la pollution visuelle des cables électriques pour magnifier une photo

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  15. Refreshing perspective in this photo!

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  16. The sky in a puddle. I like it.

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  17. fantastic idea, well processed

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